Women! Deny Reality!
Diane
Okay, I promise to lay off of personal coaches after this (I swear I don't have a vendetta against them and I really do have coach friends) but I received an email from one whose subject line was too bizarre to ignore. Without singling out who sent it, the subject line was "Do Not Be Realistic!" Now, call me quirky but I do like to reside in the Real World from time to time so I found this a bit disturbing.
When I read the email, I couldn't quite follow the logic but it was (a) geared towards women and (b) apparently seemed to employ the Law of Attraction to some degree. The example used was a financial one.
I don't see how we women sticking our collective heads in the sand about economics can do any good. There are sobering statistics out there - for example, these from the National Organization of Women.
Which is just the tip of the iceberg. I guess the opposite of "realistic" is fantasy. Women, please don't live in a fantasy world about something this important! Wishing will not make you rich, unless you have some fabulous lottery karma or something. One excellent resource for women and money I've found is Money Order: The Money Management Guide for Women.In 2005, women's median annual earnings were only $.77 for every $1.00 earned by men. For women of color, the gap is even worse - only $.71 for African American women and $.58 for Latinas.
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August 2008 
As someone who works with older people, I can second third and fourth this. Too many of the people I come across are older women who lived comfortably and expected that their meager retirement savings and Social Security would take care of them in later life. Now they are either going back to work at minimum wage jobs or choosing between food, heating oil, and their medications to make ends meet. Being financially educated and grounded enough to make sure you have enough to meet your basic needs your whole life is absolutely essential.
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience!
I've also read that because women spend more of their working lives taking off from their job to caregive (either children, older parents, or both) – their Social Security payments are smaller.
Oh I do agree Diane!!….women tend to be Scarlett Ohara and want to “think about it tomorrow”….reading some info from someone like “Suze Orman” will take the Scarlett out of any woman!!…:)
I wish I knew who to attribute this quote to:
“Every time I close the door on reality, it comes at me through the windows.” Ha ha!